{"id":4436,"date":"2008-05-20T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=4436"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T19:53:45","slug":"in-the-court-of-public-opinion-the-verdict-is-not-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/20\/in-the-court-of-public-opinion-the-verdict-is-not-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Court Of Public Opinion, The Verdict Is Not "Innocent""},"content":{"rendered":"

Story from last week: John Burroughs Teacher Arrested For Misconduct With A Minor<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A John Burroughs School teacher is on administrative leave after being arrested for misconduct with a minor.<\/p>\n

….<\/center><\/p>\n

Ladue Police were tipped off by an anonymous call<\/b>, and a Johns Burroughs’ teacher has since been arrested. Police aren’t releasing his name because he hasn’t been charged yet.<\/p>\n

“There was an inappropriate relationship that took place over a 3 year period,” says Detective Andreski. [emphasis added]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, that reliable old anonymous call. Less reliable than the testimony of a cellmate overall.<\/p>\n

Later: Burroughs School Still in Shock over Allegations against Teacher<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the teacher had inappropriate contact with a Burroughs student.<\/p>\n

Ladue Police said they’re investigating the alleged relationship between the teacher and the student, which could have occured<\/b> [sic] over a three year period. [Emphasis added.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmm, that seems to hedge<\/i> a little, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

The story now: Prosecutor: Not Enough Evidence to Charge John Burroughs Teacher<\/a>:<\/p>\n

St. Louis County Prosecutors said there is not enough evidence to file charges against a teacher at a private school in Ladue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not that he didn’t do it, but that there wasn’t enough evidence to file charges. Hah! As we’ve seen, there’s often a way to prosecute where something isn’t against the law<\/a>; is it possible this poor, soon to be jobless teacher actually didn’t do anything?<\/p>\n

Of course, if one presumes that one is innocent until proven guilty. However, in the world of law enforcement hemming, prosecutorial hawing, and media rah-rahing, false charges and overeager arresting get footnotes instead of salacious headlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story from last week: John Burroughs Teacher Arrested For Misconduct With A Minor: A John Burroughs School teacher is on administrative leave after being arrested for misconduct with a minor. …. Ladue Police were tipped off by an anonymous call, and a Johns Burroughs’ teacher has since been arrested. Police aren’t releasing his name because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17385,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436\/revisions\/17385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}